Movies like The Showdown 2005

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The Showdown (2005)
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The Showdown (2005)
Original name: 거칠마루
Genre: Action
Country: South Korea
Duration: 86 min.
Story: Eight martial arts masters trained in a variety of different fighting styles are summoned to the mountains for a fierce competition.
Style: independent film
Plot: taekwondo, martial arts, boxing, fight, kung fu, karate, violence, boxer, muay thai, judo, kickboxing, master warrior, duel, martial artist, kung fu master, brawl, hapkido, showdown, fistfight, mixed martial arts, kung fu fighting, hand to hand combat, fighter, wrestler, judo throw ...

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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out independent film, suspense, suspenseful and exciting films with plots about martial arts, violence, fistfight, brawl, hand to hand combat, kung fu and martial artist mostly in Action, Drama and Sport genres. Some movies like The Showdown: Kung Fu Fever (1979), Dragon Bruce Lee, Part II (1981), Dragon Lee Vs. The 5 Brothers (1978), The Brutal Boxer (1972), Soul of Chiba (1977). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Kung Fu Fever (1979)
Genre: Action, Drama
Country: South Korea, Taiwan
Duration: 80 min.
Story: A training manual supposed used by Bruce Lee himself has mysteriously disappeared and is highly sought after by good and evil alike.
Plot: martial arts, kung fu, friend, violence, master warrior, kung fu fighting, karate, martial artist, hand to hand combat, kung fu master, fistfight, brawl ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
95%
Dragon Bruce Lee, Part II (1981)
Genre: Action, Drama
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 87 min.
Story: While transporting funds for independence movement, Lee Han-saeng is shot in the legs by the Japanese military police. He recovers from his wounds with the help of Jang Geo-chil, an independence fighter, and his daughter, Wan-ah. When the Japanese ...
Plot: bare chested male, violence, martial arts, karate, beefcake martial arts, kung fu, beefcake, tough guy, kung fu classic, fight, taekwondo, martial artist ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
92%
Dragon Lee Vs. The 5 Brothers (1978)
Genre: Action, Drama
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 87 min.
Story: Dragon Lee takes on five warriors who were sent by the emperor to discover who's behind the rebels plotting his downfall.
Plot: martial arts, brutality, violence, showdown, fistfight, duel, warrior, kung fu master, hand to hand combat, brawl, hapkido, martial artist ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
88%
The Brutal Boxer (1972)
Genre: Action, Drama
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 87 min.
Story: The bloodiest Kung Fu battles ever fought. The subtitle says it all, as there is hardly any story, but all the more raw fighting.
Plot: heroes, master warrior, boxing, kickboxing, violence, combat, showdown, tough guy, kung fu, martial artist, martial arts, mixed martial arts ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
81%
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Soul of Chiba (1977)
Genre: Action, Drama
Country: Taiwan, Hong Kong, Thailand, Japan
Duration: 94 min.
Story: This mid-1970s martial arts classic stars Sonny Chiba as Mu Yun Tek, a young man trained in the Thai fighting style since childhood to one day avenge his parents' death. When a fellow student kills their teacher, Mu Yun's thirst for ...
Plot: martial arts, fighter, vengeance, showdown, jeet kune do, kung fu master, fight, tough guy, kung fu classic, one man army, kung fu fighting, ambush ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
80%
The Death Duel (1972)
Genre: Action
Country: Taiwan, Hong Kong
Story: The Death Duel is a Taiwan Martial Arts movie
Plot: martial arts, master warrior, heroes, jeet kune do, karate, villain, kung fu fighting, kung fu master, kung fu, fistfight, violence, martial artist ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
74%
The Great Hero (1978)
Genre: Action, Drama
Country: Taiwan
Duration: 90 min.
Story: During World War II, Japanese soldiers invade a small Chinese town. Li immediately takes out four of the soldiers who want to steal some chickens. The story then follows the bumbling Japanese soldiers and their commander until Li shows up again for ...
Style: fast paced, independent film
Plot: shootout, violence, pistol, hand to hand combat, brawl, two man army, kung fu classic, kung fu master, fight, gunfight, karate, fistfight ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
72%
Ten Tigers of Shaolin (1978)
Genre: Action
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 90 min.
Story: The noble Ten Tigers, one woman and nine men, protect their Cantonese region the villainous Lord Yung and his underlings. When Yung kidnaps the wife of one of the Tiger's students, the Tigers disguise themselves as a Princess and her followers ...
Style: independent film
Plot: martial arts, fight, kung fu, female martial artist, tough guy, tough girl, village, female fighter, fistfight, kung fu master, kung fu classic, hand to hand combat ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
65%
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Bruce the Super Hero (1979)
Genre: Action, Drama
Country: Hong Kong, Philippines
Duration: 88 min.
Story: Bruce returns to Manila to investigate the murder of his sister, Susan Chang. On the night of her attack she was helped by an amateur-boxer, Ramon "Rocky" Roblado. Behind Susan's death is the 'Black Dragon Society', who are ...
Style: independent film
Plot: martial arts, karate, hand to hand combat, bare chested male, death, night, boxer, jeet kune do, violence, martial artist, fistfight, kung fu fighting ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
65%
Bloodfist V: Human Target (1994)
Genre: Action
Country: USA
Duration: 83 min.
Story: Don "The Dragon" Wilson struggles to regain his memory, not knowing who to trust, or even which side he's fighting on.
Style: suspense, independent film
Plot: martial arts, kickboxing, spy, exploitation, shootout, one man army, karate, ak 47, duel, fight, brawl, martial artist ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
65%
The Growling Tiger (1974)
Genre: Action, Drama
Country: Taiwan
Duration: 90 min.
Story: The members of an illicit organization called The Black Hand placed a lot of money on Bruce Lee. When Bruce, however, costs them a million dollar they are not happy and plot revenge.
Plot: brawl, fistfight, judo, hand to hand combat, kung fu fighting, martial arts, fight, action violence, karate, kung fu, violence, jeet kune do ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
63%
The Hero Tattooed with Nine Dragons (1978)
Genre: Action, Drama
Country: Hong Kong, Taiwan
Duration: 90 min.
Story: He's just a hotheaded, rude and violent young man who loves punching people. His family are killed in a revenge attack and he seeks revenge.
Plot: martial arts, anti establishment, anti hero, martial artist, kung fu classic, fistfight, kung fu fighting, fight, hand to hand combat, tattoo, kung fu master, brawl ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
62%
Blood Ring 2: The Killer Instinct (1995)
Genre: Action
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 88 min.
Story: Convicted for a crime he did not commit, kickboxer Max Rivers is sentenced to life imprisonment in Carcel de Cordoba, the world's most impenetrable prison. He discovers a corrupt regime run by the chief warden, who organizes high-stake fighting ...
Style: independent film
Plot: martial arts, fight, competition, violence, prisoner, prison, kickboxing, brawl, kickboxer, kung fu classic, tough guy, fistfight ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
62%
Bloodfist IV: Die Trying (1992)
Genre: Action
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story: When Danny unknowingly repossesses the car of a powerful arms merchant, it sets off a chain of violent retaliation. After his friends are killed and his daughter is kidnapped, Danny takes matters into his own hands. It does not matter that the CIA ...
Style: independent film
Plot: martial arts, kickboxing, spy, exploitation, woman, vigilante, heroic bloodshed, martial artist, karate, kickboxer, fistfight, one man army ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
60%
Fighting Fist (1992)
Genre: Drama, Adventure, Action
Country: Japan, Hong Kong
Duration: 91 min.
Story: The Yakuza of Japan has infiltrated the universities of Hong Kong and are conducting illegal activities such as underground bare knuckle fights,gambling and drugs. Hong Kong Police team up with the Japanese Secret Service to bring down the ruthless ...
Plot: martial arts, yakuza, violence, hand to hand combat, fistfight, martial artist, kung fu fighting, extreme violence, karate, asian, kung fu master, asian man ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
59%
The Young Dragons (1974)
Genre: Action
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 95 min.
Story: The powerful mobster Leung, who is protected by the dangerous and wicked Huan Fai, sells two hundred Japanese weapons and ammunition to a Chinese gang. He uses the smuggler Luy Fu to bring the weapons but the smalltime thief Kim and his gang heist ...
Plot: martial arts, jeet kune do, taekwondo, wing chun, master warrior, death of brother, brawl, hand to hand combat, fistfight, dead boy, asian man, martial artist ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
59%
 6.1
 168
The Himalayan (1976)
Genre: Action, Drama
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 105 min.
Story: The Tseng family is one of the most noble and respected clans in a small village in Tibet. The patriarch of the Tseng family wants to marry off his daughter Ching Lan into the Kao clan. However, the cunning and deceitful eldest brother Kao Chu only ...
Style: action adventure
Plot: martial arts, kung fu, warrior, tough guy, kung fu classic, kung fu master, martial artist, fistfight, duel, fight, brawl, kung fu fighting ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
58%
 4.1
 106
Blood Ring (1991)
Genre: Action
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 90 min.
Story: Max, a prize boxer who has developed a drinking habit after his girlfriend Susan left him, gets involved in dirty business once she asks him to help her find her missing husband.
Style: independent film
Plot: martial arts, fight, competition, martial artist, alcoholic, kickboxer, dark hero, fistfight, illegal fistfight, hand to hand combat, underground tournament, brawl ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
57%
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Once Upon a Time in China IV (1993)
Genre: Action
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 101 min.
Story: Wong Fei Hung must deal with both foreign threats and the nationalist Red Lantern Society in this continuation of the popular kung fu series.
Style: anamorphic, cult classic
Plot: martial arts, kung fu, kung fu fighting, kung fu classic, medieval, wong fei hung, good versus evil, violence, revenge, fight, sword fight, sword duel ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
56%
The Steel Fisted Dragon (1977)
Genre: Action, Drama
Country: Indonesia
Duration: 78 min.
Story: A kung-fu master hunts down the villain who killed his mother.
Plot: martial arts, kung fu, bare chested male, martial artist, hand to hand combat, kung fu fighting, brawl, kung fu master, violence, fight, villain, kung fu classic ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
56%
 6.3
 99
Fighting Ace (1979)
Genre: Action
Country: Hong Kong, Taiwan
Duration: 87 min.
Story: 20 years after the death of his parents, a martial artist sets out to avenge their deaths by pretending he doesn't know kung fu. But when it is revealed that he does know kung fu, the killer sets to kill him and his friends.
Plot: kung fu, bare chested male, murder of a family, death, artist, master warrior, murder, revenge, friend, vengeance, violence, fistfight ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
56%
 4.8
 48
Conspiracy (1976)
Genre: Action, Drama
Country: Taiwan
Duration: 89 min.
Story: To gain control of a gold mine, the owner Ho Kwai-Shan is poisoned by the Lee family. His daughter Yu-Ling is staying with her uncle at his martial arts school and was due to return home. Just before she leaves, the masters son, Sha Yu-Lung, returns ...
Style: independent film
Plot: fight, hand to hand combat, kung fu master, martial arts, hapkido, kung fu classic, wu shu, karate, violence, kung fu fighting, kung fu, martial artist ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
55%
Duel of Legends (2023)
Genre: Action, Drama, Sport
Country: USA
Story: Duel of Legends is directed by Hector Echavarria and is about a Chinese boy who is left to survive by himself because his parents were murdered by rebels. The boy is raised by a Temple Monk who teaches the boy the secrets of the Martial arts. When ...
Style: suspenseful, thought provoking, suspense, captivating
Plot: karate, fight, tough guy, martial arts, master warrior, hand to hand combat, showdown, fistfight, wrestler, warrior, combat, heroes ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
55%
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The 18 Amazones (1979)
Genre: Action, Drama
Country: South Korea, Hong Kong, Taiwan
Duration: 87 min.
Story: A ruthless Warlord from Manchuria builds a martial arts labyrinth that contains 18 martial art amazons, many try to enter but none leave, until Dragon Lee, seeking to avenge his father: his skills are good enough to defeat the 18 fighters and the ...
Style: grindhouse
Plot: martial arts, violence, jeet kune do, fistfight, kung fu, brawl, hand to hand combat, asian man, kung fu fighting, karate, fight, taekwondo ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
54%
 5.2
 167
Fist of Fury 3 (1979)
Genre: Action, Drama
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 91 min.
Story: After avenging the death of his brother, Chen Shen (Bruce Li) returns home from Shanghai. He tells his mother (who went blind from crying over her son's death) that he will no longer fight. However, being a movie with the words "fist" ...
Style: independent film
Plot: martial arts, medieval, kung fu, bare chested male, vengeance, brother, mother, heroes, wing chun, master warrior, duel, brawl ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
54%
Bloodfist VIII: Trained to Kill (1996)
Genre: Action
Country: USA, Ireland
Duration: 85 min.
Story: A former CIA agent lives a suburban life as a high school teacher with his teen son. When the agent is attacked by former allies because of knowledge he possesses and his son is kidnapped, he is forced back into the business and his son suddenly ...
Style: independent film, psychotronic, suspense
Plot: die hard, kickboxing, spy, boat, exploitation, betrayal, combat, showdown, teacher, machine gun, chase, father son relationship ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
53%
Golden Dragon, Silver Snake (1979)
Genre: Action, Drama
Country: Hong Kong, South Korea
Duration: 95 min.
Story: Kung Fu star Dragon Lee appears as 'Golden Dragon', who teams up with 'Silver Snake' to take revenge on the men responsible for his brother's murder...
Plot: kung fu classic, jeet kune do, violence, karate, hand to hand combat, brawl, asian man, kung fu, fight, taekwondo, action violence, martial arts ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
51%
Max Havoc: Curse of the Dragon (2004)
Genre: Action
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story: Ex-kickboxing champion turned sports photographer Max Havoc again finds himself in Guam on a publicity photo shoot. Max's helpful ways land him in the lives of the vacationing sisters Jane and Christy Goody who have acquired a rare jade dragon, ...
Style: realistic, exciting, rough, serious, independent film ...
Plot: martial arts, chase, heroes, gangster, rivalry, danger, kickboxing, violence, martial artist, fistfight, love interest, warrior ...
Time: 21st century
⇓ similarity ⇓
50%
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 219
Ninja Killer (1974)
Genre: Action
Country: Turkey, Hong Kong
Duration: 86 min.
Story: Erol is a successful cop, who lives with his sister Yasemin. Wang, the most troublesome gang leader of Hong Kong comes to Istanbul. The Security Department of Istanbul, appoint Erol to catch Wang. The Hong Kong Security Department sends their spy ...
Plot: ninja, kung fu, police officer, hand to hand combat, fight, karate, martial arts, brawl, kung fu classic, fistfight, action violence, kung fu fighting ...
Place: istanbul turkey
⇓ similarity ⇓
49%
Bloodsport III (1996)
Genre: Action, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story: Bloodsport III brings us back to the world of Alex Cardo. This time he must battle in a fight to end all fights - The Kumite, the most vicious warrior alive - Beast. He must not only battle for his own honor, but also avenge the death of Sun, his ...
Style: semi serious, suspenseful, independent film, exciting
Audience: boys' night
Plot: martial arts, tournament, mixed martial arts, heroes, kickboxing, rivalry, vengeance, ambition, hand to hand combat, master warrior, violence, martial artist ...
Time: 90s
⇓ similarity ⇓
49%
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